From the monthly archives: March 2008

It’s Time to Choose

On March 31, 2008 By

On the eve of Wisconsin’s spring election day, I’m going to make a few picks.

Wisconsin Supreme Court: This is a no brainer. Michael Gableman has run one of the most disgustingly vile and dishonest campaigns in as long as I can remember, and in doing so he’s exposed himself as supremely unqualified and [...]

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Heckuva Job, Bushie…Part Deux

On March 31, 2008 By

Two weeks ago today, I spent some time blogging about the rather bleak state of the U.S. economy. Among the economic indicators I highlighted were the following:

Price of crude oil over $100 a barrel. National industrial output falls instead of increasing. National mortgage crisis, forcing several large finance companies to the brink of [...]

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I Thought He Said He Was Competent

On March 27, 2008 By

If I remember correctly, Scott Walker was elected to serve as County Executive largely on the promise he’d rectify the scandal-ridden quagmire that had become the county’s pension system.

And yet, all these years later, we’re still hearing tales about a stunning lack of oversight over the county’s pension system:
Milwaukee County pension [...]

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This Made Me Chuckle…

On March 26, 2008 By

behold, the latest press release from the Republican Party of Wisconsin (emphasis mine):

RPW: Dean working damage control
3/26/2008

Contact: Kirsten Kukowski, (608) 257-4765

MADISON – With Howard Dean in Madison to do major damage control for the ailing Democratic Party, Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party had the following statement:

“With [...]

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“They’re all real people”

On March 25, 2008 By

So says Walker campaign staffer Tim Russell, in talking about the following ad that’s been all over the airwaves in the past week or so:

Now sure, it’s a pretty decent ad, but as Greg Borowski of the MJS reported, the ad’s not really that unique, borrowing heavily from a theme most [...]

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Let’s Talk Vote Fraud

On March 24, 2008 By

Any time an election year rolls around, some folks on the conservative side of the Cheddarsphere inevitably start screaming about massive vote fraud perpetrated by the Democrats in Milwaukee while ignoring the fact that an investigation by U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and former Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann found no [...]

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Hillary Clinton’s Experience Factor

On March 24, 2008 By

As the Democratic presidential campaign has heated up, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has touted her wealth of foreign policy experience – as both a First Lady and a Senator – as proof she passes the “presidential threshold” while citing Senator Barack Obama’s relative lack of foreign policy experience as yet another reason he’s not fit to [...]

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Happy Easter!

On March 23, 2008 By

Happy Easter everyone!

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Gableman Loses Endorsement

On March 21, 2008 By

The fallout from a wholly misleading and some say racist television ad by Michael Gableman continues, as one of the District Attorneys who endorsed Gableman’s campaign has withdrawn that endorsement. Read the letter:

I am rescinding my endorsement of Judge Michael Gableman for Wisconsin Supreme Court. I endorsed him because he had been a [...]

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On The Issues: Walker and Taylor Talk Crime

On March 20, 2008 By

All Politics posted an entry earlier tonight highlighting the differences between Lena Taylor and Scott Walker as election day draws closer. What I found most interesting was this particular blurb:

Taylor also criticizes Walker over escapes and walk-aways from the work-release center. Walker puts the blame on judges, saying greater care was needed in [...]

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